MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – Dozens of headstones were vandalized at a cemetery in Merrill.
Visitors and people who live nearby say they were disgusted to find headstones smashed, broken and toppled over at Merrill Memorial and St Francis cemetery.
The damage was discovered on Saturday.
It likely happened late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
I feel sorry for the families that are affected,” Julie Kloth told WAOW TV. “It’s horrible.”
Bill Dinges called it the “third worst thing that I can think of doing besides murders and child molesters, that’s just one of my top three things,” he said. “You just don’t mess around with a cemetery.”
Dinges went on to say he hopes the responsible parties are caught and punished.
Ed & Sharon’s Restaurant posted to their Facebook page they are heartbroken and are offering a $500 reward for information about the incident.
Their post says: “We are sick and it is absolutely heartbreaking for the families for what had happened last night “
Anyone with information should call Merrill Police at 715-536-8311.
Police are contacting families who’ve had love-ones graves vandalized.
